Queen Mab associates with revenge & resentment. This is relevant to Plato turning his back on politics to become a philosopher.(intro. xiii)
Edgar Huntly became a tireless walker and Socrates had to walk in order to welcome death.(intro.)
Edgar Huntly is a "story of fathers and sons": as is Socrates' because Plato and his other students not only had a teacher-student relationship but also a father-son relationship because a father teaches his son and expects his son to carry out the legacy.
Different aspects of life are not respected in both ex.(indians protecting their rights and land, Socrates being punished for having his own beliefs)
Brown suggests that moral and social disorder is a medical problem (introduce the responsibilities the individual has to society)
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